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determining success in education. because i'll pick up the paper tomorrow and say charter schools aren't as good as they thought they were." >> right. >> rose: pick up the paper the next day and they'll say vouchers are terrific. >> right. >> rose: then the next day you'll have somebody come back who has a different political view and say no, no, no. >> and that's why the american people are so confused right now. because they hear me say one thing, they hear somebody else say another thing. >> rose: they don't know how to measure. >> that's right. and then they say who's right? i can't figure it out. >> rose: what works and doesn't work. >> so here's what i would say. about d.c., we were only there for three and a half years so did we accomplish everything that we wanted to? absolutely not. did we make significant progress that outsize it had progress of the district has been making before? yes. that's unequivocal. and if you look at the achievement rates of the children, we moved from a situation where about a quart
determining success in education. because i'll pick up the paper tomorrow and say charter schools aren't as good as they thought they were." >> right. >> rose: pick up the paper the next day and they'll say vouchers are terrific. >> right. >> rose: then the next day you'll have somebody come back who has a different political view and say no, no, no. >> and that's why the american people are so confused right now. because they hear me say one thing, they hear...
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programs for education in stem are extremely important. i'm currently working on a project called inspire stem usa, coalition with corporate partners and nonprofits to work on that pipeline for stem education and working with immigration plans to make sure that we are building these jobs and building the education for these students, minority students here in the united states. it's definitely something that is needed i think that all corporate companies are starting to look more for diversity in their stem career field. >> it's so true. we're shipping all those tech jobs overseas, they're gone. as of about -- all in india and china. why not bring them back to the united states. >> there are so many ways which we can get young people involved. my 9-year-old, for example, loves lego robotics, he's coding already. i would say, there is a change in this notion of blackness and intelligence not going together. i think right now, i was talk to my 16-year-old. i had to ask him that wasn't the case. i remember those days. i think that people are
programs for education in stem are extremely important. i'm currently working on a project called inspire stem usa, coalition with corporate partners and nonprofits to work on that pipeline for stem education and working with immigration plans to make sure that we are building these jobs and building the education for these students, minority students here in the united states. it's definitely something that is needed i think that all corporate companies are starting to look more for diversity...
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this is the front line in the taliban swore on education. the school is so crowded now, they are outside sitting in the mud. the older girls have heard about her. she is a role model for many. because she speaks out, we're concealing her identity. >> we will get our education. we're not scared of these people. we will study with great determination. >> how the field of the people bomb your school? >> it should be building schools and bringing peace to pakistan. instead they destroy them. schools should be billed for girls everywhere. -- built for girls everywhere. th-- at the nearby boys primary they study in the shadow of their former school which was reduced to rubble in december. the damage done here was a man's. there were three bombs planted in the brought the building to the ground. what i am standing on is the roof of the school. what mattered 60 boys used to come to classes here but 40 have not -- 160 voyage used to come to classes here. 40 have not returned. their parents are too afraid to send them. in a country where spending on e
this is the front line in the taliban swore on education. the school is so crowded now, they are outside sitting in the mud. the older girls have heard about her. she is a role model for many. because she speaks out, we're concealing her identity. >> we will get our education. we're not scared of these people. we will study with great determination. >> how the field of the people bomb your school? >> it should be building schools and bringing peace to pakistan. instead they...
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and then i discovered that i needed to re-educate myself. i had to go learn things that i was never assigned to read. >> after harvard? after stanford? and after yale? >> it actually happened while i was there. i was already, there were a few people -- >> they produce heretics. >> yes, they do. >> a few. >> you know, but you know, capitalism -- i like to say to people, capitalism, like all systems, when it comes into being, is born a few hundred years ago in europe and spreads around the world, like other systems before it. it has always produced those who admire and celebrate it and those who are critical of it. i used to say to my students, "if you want to understand the family who lives down the street, suppose there's mama, papa, two children. and one of the children thinks it's the greatest family there ever was, and the other one is quite critical. if you want to understand the family, do you choose only one child to interview, or do you think it might be wise to interview both of them? for me, i began to interview the critics of capit
and then i discovered that i needed to re-educate myself. i had to go learn things that i was never assigned to read. >> after harvard? after stanford? and after yale? >> it actually happened while i was there. i was already, there were a few people -- >> they produce heretics. >> yes, they do. >> a few. >> you know, but you know, capitalism -- i like to say to people, capitalism, like all systems, when it comes into being, is born a few hundred years ago in...
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system from early learning all the way through our higher education so people have access to opportunity. >> elected to congress this year. she says the way to encourage women in politics and business is to make good role models. >> many women have really looked to see what other women are doing and understand that that's possible. i was fortunate to have a mother who felt like anything was possible and so i always felt like anything was possible that gave me the confidence to pursue my interests. >> that's it for this special edition of "to the contrary." please follow me on twitter @bonnieerbe or @tothecontrary and check our website, where the discussion continues. whether you agree or think, to the contrary, please join us next time. >> funding for "to the contrary" provedy: by: the cornell douglas foundation committed to encouraging stewardship of thehehenvironmen, land conservation, watershed protection and eliminating harmful chemicals. additional funding provided by: the colcom foundation. the wallace genetic foundation and by the charles a. frueauff foundation. for a copy of "to
system from early learning all the way through our higher education so people have access to opportunity. >> elected to congress this year. she says the way to encourage women in politics and business is to make good role models. >> many women have really looked to see what other women are doing and understand that that's possible. i was fortunate to have a mother who felt like anything was possible and so i always felt like anything was possible that gave me the confidence to...
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we want educations where all cultures fit. united we stand or divided we fall. >> mexican american studies was cancelled by a vote of 4-1. >> woodruff: "outlawed in arizona" airs on "need to know" tonight on most pbs stations. >> brown: again, the major developments of the day: a meteor exploded over western siberia in russia, shattering windows and injuring more than 1,000 people. and former illinois congressman jesse jackson junior was charged with diverting campaign funds for personal use. online, our economics correspondent continues the discussion on a minimum wage hike. hari sreenivasan has the details. >> sreenivasan: would an increase encourage people to leave welfare or disability insurance programs? paul solman answers those questions and others on our "making sense" page. plus, can folic acid reduce the risk of autism? a new study says yes for women who take the supplement before and during early pregnancy. read the report on our health page. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy. >> woodruff:
we want educations where all cultures fit. united we stand or divided we fall. >> mexican american studies was cancelled by a vote of 4-1. >> woodruff: "outlawed in arizona" airs on "need to know" tonight on most pbs stations. >> brown: again, the major developments of the day: a meteor exploded over western siberia in russia, shattering windows and injuring more than 1,000 people. and former illinois congressman jesse jackson junior was charged with...
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which is we spend more on education, the as a results are not as good. here we spend much, much more on health care and the results-- are not good. >> rose: tell me about this concept of charge masters. >> this is the thing, you know, among the categories of things that affect all of our lives that we never knew about, this would be high on the list. every hospital has this giant list, six, seven, 8,000 items called the charge master. again it's all sort of in code and acronyms but if a nurse gives you a cup to take a pill, the cup is listed in the charge master. the cup, the little paper cup might be $6 it if you get a chest x-ray that something else in the charge master. every hospital's charge master is different. none of them are consistent. none of them make any sense and most of all, there isn't a single hospital administrator who can explain how the charge master prices came to be. and none of them want to talk about it. >> rose: you have expressed this notion too that-- power is buyers in a seller's market where the only sure thing is the profit
which is we spend more on education, the as a results are not as good. here we spend much, much more on health care and the results-- are not good. >> rose: tell me about this concept of charge masters. >> this is the thing, you know, among the categories of things that affect all of our lives that we never knew about, this would be high on the list. every hospital has this giant list, six, seven, 8,000 items called the charge master. again it's all sort of in code and acronyms but...
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>> iep, individual education plan. i could see it was bringing her down. she didn't know what to do and, um, there's a lot of counseling help available but not all of it's good and she was very particular about who she would bring him to. she often didn't trust, you know, the intentions of some counselors, that maybe they didn't know what they were doing or they didn't understand the situation enough to help. >> narrator: children with disabilities are entitled to an individualized education program, known as an iep. for nancy, it would be the first of many efforts over the next decade and a half to keep a struggling adam on track. >> and then they decide to go to connecticut. >> it was her husband's idea, and she didn't want to go at first. >> was it because he got the job at ge? is that what it was? >> yeah, he got the job. he made a lot of money, he was very successful. the good thing is that she said she thought the schools in connecticut were better. there was more stuff there to help him versus new hampshire, and she was very pleased about that. >> n
>> iep, individual education plan. i could see it was bringing her down. she didn't know what to do and, um, there's a lot of counseling help available but not all of it's good and she was very particular about who she would bring him to. she often didn't trust, you know, the intentions of some counselors, that maybe they didn't know what they were doing or they didn't understand the situation enough to help. >> narrator: children with disabilities are entitled to an individualized...
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we're going to get cuts in teachers, special education. there will be cuts all across the board. it we are heading and the court -- >> how will it have an impact on the economy? the cbo makes the prediction -- >> 800,000 people furlough 22 days per year? that's a lot of people who do not have money who are not spending. put that in every other area and it goes to police and fire departments who will have less money. there is hardly a person in any field who gets grants of any kind, whether it is from the state or federal government who are now saying they have been told they cannot count on it. >> 0.3%, it is a trivial amount of money. the idea that it will slow down the recovery is ridiculous. as a percentage of non-defense spending is 1.5 cents on the dollar -- and you're telling me -- >> not economist says it is true. >> we are drowning in debt and we are asking for a 1.5% cut in non-defense spending and they say it's the end of the world? we have to cut 30% ultimately if we want to be near a balanced budget. >> there is no one who thinks sequestration is a good idea. >> the c
we're going to get cuts in teachers, special education. there will be cuts all across the board. it we are heading and the court -- >> how will it have an impact on the economy? the cbo makes the prediction -- >> 800,000 people furlough 22 days per year? that's a lot of people who do not have money who are not spending. put that in every other area and it goes to police and fire departments who will have less money. there is hardly a person in any field who gets grants of any kind,...
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and also my father had been educated at oxford on a scholarship. so it, while it seemed unattainable for oxford or cambridge seemed unattainable for most of my contemporaries when i was at high school, it seems within reach at least for me. so i gave it a shot. and wound up there in the early 1970s. but i enjoyed the extra mural life there and got involved with the university magazine. >> rose: yes. >> and enjoyed that a lot. and -- >> liked to write? >> and also it was people were very kind, politicians in particular were very kind and they, it was easy to get an interview with fairly illustrious people. so with the university magazine we used to chuck around. we would see all these well-known people and then write about them it was sort of my first entree into that world and i loved it. >> loved journalism. >> yes, absolutely. because every, this little magazine appeared fort nightly and every fort night we had 32 pages which we didn't know what to do with except we had four pages of advertising from a chain called mother care. whose owner very k
and also my father had been educated at oxford on a scholarship. so it, while it seemed unattainable for oxford or cambridge seemed unattainable for most of my contemporaries when i was at high school, it seems within reach at least for me. so i gave it a shot. and wound up there in the early 1970s. but i enjoyed the extra mural life there and got involved with the university magazine. >> rose: yes. >> and enjoyed that a lot. and -- >> liked to write? >> and also it was...
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i liked the minimum wage, i like to the education, i liked it training, i particularly liked the gun -- at the end. but there wasn't come in richard nixon's turn, the lift of a driving dream. >> colby? >> i don't think it was supposed to be the kind of address. i think he laid out an agenda he wants to pursue. i think he will achieve some of it. it will happen with immigration reform, i believe it, maybe not to the extent he wants. i think he will get something on guns. there is a movement out there and he hit it just right, the tone on it. minimum wage will be the traditional fight, but i think he was right to lay down the agenda that he wants to he will have to pursue it with the democrats because he will get very little support from republicans. >> nina, put your schoolmarm face on. on a grade of a to f, what would you give the speech? >> b+. there was a certain laundry list element to the speech, which it there is with every state of the union. in the end, it ended on a high note and a passionate note on bonds, and there was an overall tone, which was center-left but reasonable,
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religion and ethics weekly" is profounded by lilian, dedicated to the founders' interest in religion and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america. designing custozedk. individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting. >> welcome. i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. anticipation is growing over the selection of the next pope, following pope benedict xvi's surprise announcement that he is retiring. at one of his final public appearances, benedict asked for prayers for himself and his successor. he then entered a week long retreat amid wide speculation that the papal conclave might begin before march 15th, giving the cardinals more time to select the next pope before holy week. meanwhile, some american catholics are demanding cardinal roger mahony not attend the conclave because of his role in the clergy sex abuse crisis. recently released documents show the former archbishop of los angeles covered up abuse by priests. also, this week, the president of the u.s. conference of catholic b
religion and ethics weekly" is profounded by lilian, dedicated to the founders' interest in religion and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america. designing custozedk. individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting. >> welcome. i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. anticipation is growing over the selection of the next pope, following pope benedict xvi's surprise...
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brute to you by a edicated to ation d its founders' interest in religion, community development and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing customized, individual and group retirement products. that's why we're retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting. >> welcome. i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. pope benedict xvi stunned the world this week with the surprise announcement that he's decided to resign, the first pope to step down in 600 years. our coverage today includes analysis from two experts on the church, and it begins with reaction from catholics and non-catholics alike, gathered by our managing editor kim lawton. >> benedict said he's resigning "for the good of the church." >> isn't that a profound sign of his own humility in that he was able to recognize when, you know, it just was more than he could handle? and instead of letting just sort of others do the job, he viewed very strongly that we needed somebody in that position that would really be able to take the helm. >> i think this decision was made out of l
brute to you by a edicated to ation d its founders' interest in religion, community development and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing customized, individual and group retirement products. that's why we're retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting. >> welcome. i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. pope benedict xvi stunned the world this week with the surprise announcement that he's decided to resign, the first...
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support the families about the question of gun control, and many of us thought, it is wonderful we can educate ourselves by reminding each other where we can read and who we can call and what letters we can write. that was the first inspiration. it is a great way to utilize communicating with fans of the show. >> i was late to the game on the entire social media thing. now there's a lot of good that can come of it but a lot of silliness. a lot of cyber hates and nastiness, but i think on balance i have come to appreciate the social media thing. are you starting to appreciate it? >> i am. i am looking forward to it. i am like, wait a minute. no one has tweeted me back. >> the third thing, i read an announcement there is going to be jurassic 4. what do you know about that? >> i am not signed up, and i think there was a lot of back- and-forth and still is. the think there is an opportunity to do a new world and dinosaurs, and i think they are figuring that out. it is a great joy for those of us who have been lucky enough to have the experience. i do know i will have the pleasure of sitting in a d
support the families about the question of gun control, and many of us thought, it is wonderful we can educate ourselves by reminding each other where we can read and who we can call and what letters we can write. that was the first inspiration. it is a great way to utilize communicating with fans of the show. >> i was late to the game on the entire social media thing. now there's a lot of good that can come of it but a lot of silliness. a lot of cyber hates and nastiness, but i think on...
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it's the largest expenditure and it's crowding out other spending on things like education and infrastructure. that's a story repeated across the country not just in republican or g.o.p. states like florida but in new york and illinois and california. so this is an ongoing challenge that it doesn't address and it will be a problem going forward. >> woodruff: paul howard, you said you think it was mostly done for political reasons. why do you say that? >> well, you have to governor facing reelection, as you noted, next year, with low approval ratings right now. he's also moved recently to give bonus payments to state workers and to teachers. i think he saw this as a moment to try and reach across to the center or to the left there florida and boost his reelection chances. it's an enormous flip-flop for the governor given the stance he took earlier against obamacare and the medicaid expansion. it looks to be purely politically expedient. >> woodruff: ron pollock, coming back to you on this question of politics. do you believe, as mr. howard does, that that's the reason? >> well, it's a factor.
it's the largest expenditure and it's crowding out other spending on things like education and infrastructure. that's a story repeated across the country not just in republican or g.o.p. states like florida but in new york and illinois and california. so this is an ongoing challenge that it doesn't address and it will be a problem going forward. >> woodruff: paul howard, you said you think it was mostly done for political reasons. why do you say that? >> well, you have to governor...
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here's author and educator lou heckler. >> as we witness the give and take in washington, dc, these days, i am reminded of an article i read recently in the washington post about the actor dustin hoffman. like many people who perform in front of the camera, he also longed to direct a film. he has done so with a film called "quartet." in the article, he talked a lot about how that side of the camera taught him a lot about compromise. he has never been known for being a compromiser. he is a talented and exacting performer who has wowed us in films like the graduate, tootsie, and rainman. now, as a director, he had to make a lot of people happy, and that takes a talent for compromise. i talk to a lot of mid-level managers in my business and they tell me that many younger people in the workforce need some training in this area. let's face it: we've often made compromise a dirty word. it seems to mean giving in, or worse, giving up. but the dictionary says it can also mean, to agree to reach an accord. business writer tom peters talks about great companies having loose/tight principles: tight
here's author and educator lou heckler. >> as we witness the give and take in washington, dc, these days, i am reminded of an article i read recently in the washington post about the actor dustin hoffman. like many people who perform in front of the camera, he also longed to direct a film. he has done so with a film called "quartet." in the article, he talked a lot about how that side of the camera taught him a lot about compromise. he has never been known for being a...
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response from them than any other proposal and they believe the research that says that kids who begin education early do better in life and they all were also able to relate the stories of their own children and that was something i think that women voters in particular could really relate to and see a very tangible benefit from. >> if it doesn't come through, are they going to hold it against the president or has he generated warm feelings by talking about the issue whether or not it happens? >> i thinks that one of the things where they will give him credit for having a good idea. if he doesn't push it hard enough or congress can't find the money for it, it might be a different story. john: that's the question, anywhere from $8 billion to $100 billion over 10 years to pay for that and it seems no republicans are interested in paying for that. i want to ask you about the end of the president's speech on guns in which we saw him talking about it. that was the most emotionally powerful moment of the speech. >> clearly for him and ever since sandy hook, you have a feeling he has not made guns a f
response from them than any other proposal and they believe the research that says that kids who begin education early do better in life and they all were also able to relate the stories of their own children and that was something i think that women voters in particular could really relate to and see a very tangible benefit from. >> if it doesn't come through, are they going to hold it against the president or has he generated warm feelings by talking about the issue whether or not it...
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my father did not have a college education. there were not books of poetry all over the house. but there was this book. it was significant and profound for someone to hand me a book of poetry. i was surrounded already by the images in that playboy calendar, and they were not as meaningful to me as the images in the rubÁiyat of omar khayyÁm. and so i'm very grateful to my father for giving me that book. >> i really like the poem in here, blessed be the truth tellers. tell me about that and read it for me. >> jack agÜeros is a puerto rican poet, fiction writer, playwright, community organizer, translator. he was for many years the director of el museo del barrio, was at the time the only puerto rican museum in the continental united states, in east harlem. and every year jack would organize a three kings' day parade. real camels and sheep marching right through the streets of east harlem. talk about visionary. jack was the first writer i ever met. he was a political colleague and ally of my father. and he came to visit us one day in the projects of east new york where i was bo
my father did not have a college education. there were not books of poetry all over the house. but there was this book. it was significant and profound for someone to hand me a book of poetry. i was surrounded already by the images in that playboy calendar, and they were not as meaningful to me as the images in the rubÁiyat of omar khayyÁm. and so i'm very grateful to my father for giving me that book. >> i really like the poem in here, blessed be the truth tellers. tell me about that...
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in appalachian ohio, educators say their students are learning to change the way they think about negative things in their lives, before they turn to violence. our weeklong series wraps up tonight, but you can find links on our website to our previous stories. and we'll be following the issues and debates closely in the months ahead. pbs's "after newtown" series also concludes tonight with a "need to know" report on the continued impact of one school shooting 20 years later. and washington week also takes up the gun violence story this evening. check your local listings for both programs. >> woodruff: and to the analysis of shields and brooks syndicated columnist mark shields and new york times columnist david brooks. welcome, gentlemen. so as we just heard, pbs the newshour focusing all this week on gun violence, on mental illness. we just saw that report from chicago on an effort to work with students. david, it really does again come down to what can be done about it. and in the middle of all this, people are still looking to washington, gun control laws. where does it stand right now?
in appalachian ohio, educators say their students are learning to change the way they think about negative things in their lives, before they turn to violence. our weeklong series wraps up tonight, but you can find links on our website to our previous stories. and we'll be following the issues and debates closely in the months ahead. pbs's "after newtown" series also concludes tonight with a "need to know" report on the continued impact of one school shooting 20 years later....
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education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." today we recognize people like my parents who surmount their disabilities and achieve success in a world of work. these are people who have worked harder than most. they had to. they are people with determination and courage and i am honored when i am among them. we also honor their employers who know that the most valuable workers is one that is loyal, dependable, and gives an honest day's's work for an honest a.'s pay. these people know that hiring people with disabilities is good business. adversity builds character and people with character are good employees. thanks for giving me your time and attention. i have enjoyed this panel. i enjoyed being with you last october. i think all of the employers here who open their minds and job sites to workers with disabilities. by helping them you are helping yourselves. your efforts also unlocked doors formally closed to workers with disabilities. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very m
education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." today we recognize people like my parents who surmount their disabilities and achieve success in a world of work. these are people who have worked harder than most. they had to. they are people with determination and courage and i am honored when i am among them. we also honor their employers who know that the most valuable workers is one that is loyal, dependable, and gives an...
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and that's just not how the education system works. so in education where we have something called step-in lanes. so you get paid according to what kind of degree you have and how long you've been in the profession. and it literally drives effective, highly-effective teachers nuts when they see somebody down the hall who comes in when the kids come in and leaves when the kids leave. meanwhile, they're coming in two hours early and staying three hours later, and they're producing results, and yet they get paid less than that person does pause that person's been here longer. it's just not the kind of environment high achievers want to go into and stay in. it doesn't make teachers feel valued at all. you know, i got in a little bit of trouble the other night because i was giving a speech in california, and i was lamenting the fact that highly-effective teachers don't get paid enough. i said, think about this. i said, basketball players -- now, my husband is a former nba player, and so this is why i got in trouble at home. i said basketbal
and that's just not how the education system works. so in education where we have something called step-in lanes. so you get paid according to what kind of degree you have and how long you've been in the profession. and it literally drives effective, highly-effective teachers nuts when they see somebody down the hall who comes in when the kids come in and leaves when the kids leave. meanwhile, they're coming in two hours early and staying three hours later, and they're producing results, and...
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is committed to public education. the reason is simple; to be the number one state in the southeast for high quality jobs, we have to have a well-educated workforce to attract and fill those jobs. we want our state to be the place where our best and brightest want to earn their degrees and ultimately work, live and raise a family. since january 2011, nearly 80,000 new jobs have been created in tennessee, and the unemployment rate is the lowest it's been since october 2008. [applause] tennessee ranks first in the southeast in new manufacturing jobs created and first in the growth of manufacturing jobs in 2012. that's good news, but it doesn't mean we can take our foot off of the gas. you've heard me say many times before that i don't believe government creates jobs, but i do believe it's our role to create an environment that encourages investment. jobs are created when people are willing to risk capital. we want tennessee to be as low of a risk as possible. to provide certainty to businesses, we overhauled our tort la
is committed to public education. the reason is simple; to be the number one state in the southeast for high quality jobs, we have to have a well-educated workforce to attract and fill those jobs. we want our state to be the place where our best and brightest want to earn their degrees and ultimately work, live and raise a family. since january 2011, nearly 80,000 new jobs have been created in tennessee, and the unemployment rate is the lowest it's been since october 2008. [applause] tennessee...
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we're nonprofit and we do both education and advocacy and on the education end we develop be curriculum and the curriculum is used widely across the country. it's in every state in the country and in canada and 70 countries around the world and programs we're familiar with is second step and
we're nonprofit and we do both education and advocacy and on the education end we develop be curriculum and the curriculum is used widely across the country. it's in every state in the country and in canada and 70 countries around the world and programs we're familiar with is second step and
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educators here about two things. they care about making their jobs as epoxy -- educators care about two things, making their job as easy as possible and educating kids as well as possible. making the job easier may win out if they do not have to compete. proponents of this a of say if we make educators -- proponents of the essence argument say that if we make educators compete for students, they will work harder to do a good job. the other argument says that every student learns better in a different environment. so, if we provide families with more choice, maybe families might select one school -- if they are presented with a wide range of schooling options, they may select one school for one kid and another school for another kid. if we provide them with those choices, maybe it is not that these cooling will get better, per se, but kids will be -- the schooling will get better, per se, but the kids will be better matched to their school environment. the argument for school choice is the notion that in some us in th
educators here about two things. they care about making their jobs as epoxy -- educators care about two things, making their job as easy as possible and educating kids as well as possible. making the job easier may win out if they do not have to compete. proponents of this a of say if we make educators -- proponents of the essence argument say that if we make educators compete for students, they will work harder to do a good job. the other argument says that every student learns better in a...
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public education is entering an -- and so let me talk about education. public education is entering an era of transformation. ageless subjects math, reading and science have seen new strides in how we teach them. we have moved beyond the age of the blackboard as new technologies tie every classroom to the world and have the potential to link every young life to a bright future. my budget works to provide our public schools with enrichment funding to help them achieve academic excellence at all grade levels. it provides for enhanced learning opportunities, career- focused training and most importantly, a safe learning environment. for the past two years, the commonwealth has invested more pennsylvania tax dollars in basic education than at any time in our history. it is true that we no longer -- for the past two years, we have spent more pennsylvania tax dollars for basic education than any time in our history. it is true that we no longer have one-time federal "stimulus" dollars money that should never have been put toward school operating costs. yet onc
public education is entering an -- and so let me talk about education. public education is entering an era of transformation. ageless subjects math, reading and science have seen new strides in how we teach them. we have moved beyond the age of the blackboard as new technologies tie every classroom to the world and have the potential to link every young life to a bright future. my budget works to provide our public schools with enrichment funding to help them achieve academic excellence at all...
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the board of education has not seen much as well. abc7 reached out to all board members, but only heard from the board president who did not want to comment further. in a statement, the board says "the land remains in the possession of the board of education as a future school site." there is a question about whether the board of education went through the right process as it least this piece of land. >> we had no knowledge. >> he says in spite of it being a surprise it was a welcome surprise. abc7 news. >> kind of a chilly day today. >> yes. >> beautiful skies. >> very pretty. temperatures well below average. we still have cold for the next couple of days. and then for friday, your favorite -- the old winter mix. that is coming back. this is it the high school in berryville. we have broken decks of cloud. we will have clear skies, the very cold temperatures. 34 degrees in woodbridge right now. 27 ion rocket built. that is after a high of 34. -- 27 in rock bill. -- rockville. the wind chill will be an issue throughout the evening. on
the board of education has not seen much as well. abc7 reached out to all board members, but only heard from the board president who did not want to comment further. in a statement, the board says "the land remains in the possession of the board of education as a future school site." there is a question about whether the board of education went through the right process as it least this piece of land. >> we had no knowledge. >> he says in spite of it being a surprise it...
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we just needed to get rid of this dual system of education because it was so much more unfair. having the two systems you had different salary scales for black and white teachers before the desegregation or you haven't had any integration between faculties and you have second hand but that was just sort of you had to get rid of that. so i think -- i have no idea if people foresaw. i would imagine that we actually had in the south i think you had some ambivalence about this because i do think that some people saw this is potentially going to hurt my school or i am going to lose my job if we have to integrate because they are not going to want me teaching their kids. there were some interesting polls that were done and they were not very reliable with the interesting in that they showed right after brown v board so some people saw it and it was important to getting rid of the schools for may be worth at risk. but it had a fall out and i think maybe it could have been anticipated, but there is especially reports that were done something like that activist actively tracking this an
we just needed to get rid of this dual system of education because it was so much more unfair. having the two systems you had different salary scales for black and white teachers before the desegregation or you haven't had any integration between faculties and you have second hand but that was just sort of you had to get rid of that. so i think -- i have no idea if people foresaw. i would imagine that we actually had in the south i think you had some ambivalence about this because i do think...
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this country pioneered secondary education, pioneered college education. it's falling back behind other countries in preschool. and i think that's the kind of new frontier. particularly if you look at the sort of gap between the 1% and the rest, the gap between the top and the bottom. the minimum wage can help, if done responsibly. much more important is to invest in people at the bottom. that's why universal preschool really helps. >> there's k through 12 in this country. we think there should be crawl through 12. other country that is do this have very high taxes. we're not in the situation where people want to pay for something new at the moment. don't move. coming up, our bubbles -- yes, bubbles. the key to this slow and steady recovery, are the feigns here to stay or are you at risk of the next bubble bursting? like an available heads-up display on the 2013 lexus gs. there's no going back. i have to know the weather patterns. i upgraded to the new sprint direct connect. so i can get three times the coverage. [ manager 2 ] it's like working in a giant
this country pioneered secondary education, pioneered college education. it's falling back behind other countries in preschool. and i think that's the kind of new frontier. particularly if you look at the sort of gap between the 1% and the rest, the gap between the top and the bottom. the minimum wage can help, if done responsibly. much more important is to invest in people at the bottom. that's why universal preschool really helps. >> there's k through 12 in this country. we think there...
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education award and was superintendent of the year by the national association of black school educate ors in 2004. also served on the president's board of advisors historically black colleges and universities. she should be remembered as a warrior for equity and desegregation. >> she rode the bus as a child as part of the first groups of african american students to integrate the st. louis schools and devoted her professional life to the education of america's neediest children. as we begin to lose the men and women who have had this experience we need to redobl our commitment to diversity, she was not always honored as she deserved but i am happy to be able to report that she end of her life she looked on her time in san francisco as the best and most productive of her professional career. her illness was short, but difficult, and much too early. i feel privileged to have been her friend as well as her colleague and i got to spend a day with her late in december. i am going to miss her, i already misser. public education in america is poorer for her loss, she leaves her two sons anth
education award and was superintendent of the year by the national association of black school educate ors in 2004. also served on the president's board of advisors historically black colleges and universities. she should be remembered as a warrior for equity and desegregation. >> she rode the bus as a child as part of the first groups of african american students to integrate the st. louis schools and devoted her professional life to the education of america's neediest children. as we...
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now it is called career in technical education. the kids were doing shoe repair. i said really? are rethinking we are preparing them for a profession in shoe repair? we need to think what are the jobs to be available 1520 years from now? clean technology and green technology and technical education should be geared toward those skills of those professions. even what we think of to build skills they could potentially go straight into a profession, it is a wildly different set of skills said what we look back 20 years ago and we had not made the shift yet. >> you managed to convince your friends that 50 percent. >> guest: and not 50 percent. >> i am just estimating. >> guest: the amount of the of voucher? >> 50% of with the district is spending. this requires that they could be twice as e. efficient than the school they send their kid to. the argument that the union throws out to try to have the trump card, what about special needs? there is a special answer from each special needs kids counts as two kids so if you figure out per-cap
now it is called career in technical education. the kids were doing shoe repair. i said really? are rethinking we are preparing them for a profession in shoe repair? we need to think what are the jobs to be available 1520 years from now? clean technology and green technology and technical education should be geared toward those skills of those professions. even what we think of to build skills they could potentially go straight into a profession, it is a wildly different set of skills said what...
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-- the education system altogether. is there an evaluation program for retention of teachers? guest: that is something i have heard teachers talk about over -- all the time, that they're overworked, that all the accountability measures have changed the profession for them, and they do not feel like they can spend on the time the need to teach kids to be creative thinkers. on the other hand, you have folks that's a the accountability in no child left behind really helps schools, and sure that all children are learning, and be accountable to the federal government for money they are getting. host: what is the likelihood that the president's proposals will see some action? guest: i would say unlikely. first of all, you never go broke in washington putting on an action. -- betting on inaction. right now, the congress is concerned with how they will head off these automatic spending cuts, sequestration. they're not starting to think about new programs. i think it faces an uphill political battle. i think the final price tag,
-- the education system altogether. is there an evaluation program for retention of teachers? guest: that is something i have heard teachers talk about over -- all the time, that they're overworked, that all the accountability measures have changed the profession for them, and they do not feel like they can spend on the time the need to teach kids to be creative thinkers. on the other hand, you have folks that's a the accountability in no child left behind really helps schools, and sure that...
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in educating, per se. but you can tweet that however you want. the notion would be supposed educators care about two things. they care about make him a job as easy as possible and they care about educating kids as well as possible. arguably the part they care about making their job as easy as possible could be stronger. that may win out more in cases in which they don't have to compete for students. so proponents of school choice may say, intermec educators compete for students, that educators will try harder to do a better job educating students. so that is one argument of the productive efficiency story. the allocative efficiency story may be that maybe educators are competing for students per site, but every student learns better in a different environment. so if we provide families with more choice, maybe families might select a wide range of schooling options. so some schools were some kids in different schools for their kids. and if we provide the industry says, maybe it is not the schooling will get
in educating, per se. but you can tweet that however you want. the notion would be supposed educators care about two things. they care about make him a job as easy as possible and they care about educating kids as well as possible. arguably the part they care about making their job as easy as possible could be stronger. that may win out more in cases in which they don't have to compete for students. so proponents of school choice may say, intermec educators compete for students, that educators...
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before she joined the department of education she was vice president of the education trust in washington, dc and was the founding executive of education trust west in oakland. in these positions she advocated for public school students in california, focusing on achievement and opportunity gaps, improving can urriculum and instructional quality and ensuring quality education for everybody. she served as an advisor on education issues on a number of private ipbs institutions, she is a teacher, a lawyer, and a very influential voice on all policy matters. she was also passionate about ending this issue of bullying and bringing everyone together to stop this disturbing trend so please welcome assistant secretary for civil rights, ruslyn lee. as i said, our moderator is not always our lieutenant governor, of course he needs to introduction -- no, i get to say something. i get to say something. as everyone in this room knows, youngest mayor in 100 years, right? youngest mayor in 100 years when he was elected 10 years ago and he has remained an effective and visionary leader for everyone. mayo
before she joined the department of education she was vice president of the education trust in washington, dc and was the founding executive of education trust west in oakland. in these positions she advocated for public school students in california, focusing on achievement and opportunity gaps, improving can urriculum and instructional quality and ensuring quality education for everybody. she served as an advisor on education issues on a number of private ipbs institutions, she is a teacher,...
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-- and higher education and business? >> recently, we've partnered with our good friends in boeing in washington state, where we are headquartered, in redmond, washington, to create a stem scholarship program. we put money in, boeing is putting money in, the government is matching that money. we will have put $1 million on the table for scholarships in washington state for folks who are going to major in stem disciplines and also come from families who are eligible for free and reduced lunches. the business community stepping up in concert with the government in washington state to develop what we think could be a model program around stem. that will get into where we talk about resources, where we direct resources, and which should be the appropriate role of business in concert with government. >> good morning. i would just like to add to my quick bio. beyond running my business, i have been on the state board of education in florida for about seven years, one of the top states in terms of leading reform. from a partners
-- and higher education and business? >> recently, we've partnered with our good friends in boeing in washington state, where we are headquartered, in redmond, washington, to create a stem scholarship program. we put money in, boeing is putting money in, the government is matching that money. we will have put $1 million on the table for scholarships in washington state for folks who are going to major in stem disciplines and also come from families who are eligible for free and reduced...
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million in cuts in education funding. that could reduce funding for critical programs such as title 1, special education, what does the department of education intend to do to help schools that are hardest hit by sequestration if this goes into effect? could be shifted the focus of some of your competitive grant programs to help in building in education spending? >> the money we spent represented less than 1% of spending on k-12. it is a little more than half a percent. to think we can ship a small number of dollars to fill a whole does not make sense. the numbers do not work. the damage would be irreparable. there is little i can do to cushion the blow. that is why it is so important your leadership to the right thing here. i wish i had a magic want to wait. -- i wish i had a magic wand to wave. i simply do not have that. >> thank you. a comment course secretary carter. he made an important point about the federal civilian work force. too often is thought of as white collar employees working in satellite and. senator sha
million in cuts in education funding. that could reduce funding for critical programs such as title 1, special education, what does the department of education intend to do to help schools that are hardest hit by sequestration if this goes into effect? could be shifted the focus of some of your competitive grant programs to help in building in education spending? >> the money we spent represented less than 1% of spending on k-12. it is a little more than half a percent. to think we can...
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middle school is the biggest challenge with truancy and educational challenges and we know that while we are increasing the performance stand of the whole cities one of the highest increases in the whole state is happening here in the public schools in san francisco they are to the satisfied with just a bump we need to taken it at the highest levels and train from elementary to middle to high school and the college all of the kids in our skill set is so they can become the grounds for recruitment for every industry in our city that whether it's healthcare, technology, or whether it's tourism, and all the other great things that are happening in our city. and in fact we invested in 2012 in kid s f a special program we got funding from from the government federal department. labor to create the technology training center tech s f to reach out to disadvantaged kids in our city and make sure that they are getting the skill sets and the support that they need to so they can get in and really help us get rid of this digital guide that we suffer from and continue to suffer from in many of ou
middle school is the biggest challenge with truancy and educational challenges and we know that while we are increasing the performance stand of the whole cities one of the highest increases in the whole state is happening here in the public schools in san francisco they are to the satisfied with just a bump we need to taken it at the highest levels and train from elementary to middle to high school and the college all of the kids in our skill set is so they can become the grounds for...
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and education. nothing brings more money to the treasury than educating the american people. early childhood, k-12. higher education. post graduate, lifetime learning. nothing brings more money to the treasury. in addition to the fact that all innovation begins in the classroom, our international competitiveness depends on us being number one and that education is key to that. it also brings more money to the treasury to reduce the deficit. investments in biomedical research, the whole world is in competition on this and we're going to cut our investments to biomedical research to, grants that are put out outside the national institutes of health, that is really giving the advantage to other countries over ours. but i'm going yield to congresswoman lowe. she listed some of these. >> thank you, madam leader. i wanted to just follow up with your comments about research. a major new york hospital came to me and said how can you have sequester? we get $185 million for research into cancer, alshirmse, au
and education. nothing brings more money to the treasury than educating the american people. early childhood, k-12. higher education. post graduate, lifetime learning. nothing brings more money to the treasury. in addition to the fact that all innovation begins in the classroom, our international competitiveness depends on us being number one and that education is key to that. it also brings more money to the treasury to reduce the deficit. investments in biomedical research, the whole world is...
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as our early education department is celebrating its 70th anniversary. and this is incredible on a number of fronts, where we see school districts across the country that are doing away with the early childhood programs in san francisco, we have continued to invest and we see it in early in the childhood program. if you think back we are in the throws of world war ii and parents were off to factories to fight in the war and this community made a commitment to the youngest citizens that they would be safe while everyone threw themselves into the war effort. we have evolved into one of the finest education programs not only in california but in the nations. i would like to congratulate, everyone administrators and everyone that has been involved in the 70 years of the unified san francisco school district. congratulations [ applause ] . >> and lastly, i would also like to on behalf of all of the students in the community in san francisco, extend my heart-felt condolences to the family and friends of dr. akerm an who was the former superintendent from 200 t
as our early education department is celebrating its 70th anniversary. and this is incredible on a number of fronts, where we see school districts across the country that are doing away with the early childhood programs in san francisco, we have continued to invest and we see it in early in the childhood program. if you think back we are in the throws of world war ii and parents were off to factories to fight in the war and this community made a commitment to the youngest citizens that they...
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we need to invest in education, educate our way to a better economy. any time we have fewer children in head start, fewer poor children, fewer children with special needs getting the services they need is not good for families and not good for want country. >> garrett: and there is nothing you can do in the budget to shield, or buffer these programs you deem essential from the cut cuts? >> it gives us no ability. it's across-the-boards dumb cuts. we're willing to make tough calls-- >> garrett: such as. >> we cut out $68 billion going to subsidize bankers with our student alone program. we put about 28 to reduce the deficit, $40 billion to increase pell grant. we've gone from six million pel recipient recipients to 19million. that's us showing creativity. >> garrett: you mentioned pink slips a moment ago. who is sending them out, states, because they're hearing from you? >> this is local school districts trying to manage i was a superintendent and c.e.o. for seven and a half years. this is the spring. you're trying to plan your package for the fall. and
we need to invest in education, educate our way to a better economy. any time we have fewer children in head start, fewer poor children, fewer children with special needs getting the services they need is not good for families and not good for want country. >> garrett: and there is nothing you can do in the budget to shield, or buffer these programs you deem essential from the cut cuts? >> it gives us no ability. it's across-the-boards dumb cuts. we're willing to make tough calls--...